100 small changes to positively transform your relationship and family
Understand family and relationship dynamics, communicate better and ease everyday conflicts
This book offers 100 simple, concrete and practical ideas to improve communication, ease conflicts, strengthen your relationship and build a happier, more harmonious family. Through everyday examples, practical tools and accessible food for thought, it helps you understand family dynamics and start making positive changes, step by step.
Far from abstract theories, it is based on real-life experience as a couple, as a blended family, and as a parent, enriched by insights from sport, the business world and everyday life.
We often spend a lot of time trying to change other people, when we should sometimes start by changing our own behaviour.
An invitation to look at our relationships differently, and to discover how small adjustments can make a big difference.
The 10 chapters of the book
- Understand our dynamics
- Start with yourself
- Communicate better
- Break out of recurring conflicts
- Find balance in daily life
- Create the future we want
- Keep growing as a couple
- Build a strong family that helps everyone thrive
- Navigate through change
- Make the changes last
A book for anyone who wants to
- build calmer, more authentic and more fulfilling relationships
- gain a deeper understanding of their family and partner
- use practical tools to make progress every day
- and create a happier life, together
Excerpt from the preface
Changing the Dynamic
I am not a couples therapist, a psychologist, or a family specialist. This book is inspired not by theory, but by practice. It grew out of my mistakes, my successes, my failures, the people with whom I have shared my life and, above all, a question that has stayed with me for a long time: why is change so difficult, even when we know perfectly well that something is no longer working?
Looking back, I came to understand something quite simple: we spend an enormous amount of time trying to change people, when sometimes we should start by changing the way we interact. "He should really…" "She should understand that…" "The children should…" "Why is it always me who…?" We all know these phrases. And yet, when a situation repeats itself for years, the problem does not necessarily come from one person alone.
This book and the HAPPY apps were imagined in parallel, but they do not depend on each other. You need no app at all to use this book: a notebook, a conversation and the desire to try something differently can be more than enough. The book offers a way of looking at change; the apps offer tools to act in everyday life.
Change does not begin when fear, doubt or resistance have disappeared. It often begins much earlier. At the moment when someone decides to make the first move differently. This book contains a hundred ways to begin. It is up to you to choose the first.
Just read the book? Here is how to get started
Happy Family is the app that turns those intentions into everyday habits for the whole family. You can try it right away, with no sign-up, using a demo family.
- Organise everyone's tasks and responsibilities, without having to remind them
- Track pocket money and rewards in a virtual wallet
- Share the family calendar, shopping lists and important moments
- Recognise everyone's contributions and build lasting family habits
Frequently asked questions
Do I need the app to benefit from the book?
No. The book stands completely on its own: a notebook and a conversation are enough. The Happy Family and Happy Couple apps simply offer tools to turn the ideas of the book into everyday habits.
Who is this book for?
For anyone who wants calmer relationships: couples, parents, blended families, or anyone who wants to better understand their family dynamics and act on them.
Is the book available in French?
Yes. The book is published in English and in French, under the title "100 petits changements pour transformer positivement son couple et sa famille".
How can I try the Happy Family app?
You can explore a demo family straight from your browser, with no account needed. Creating a real family includes a free trial period.
